Estimating the Distribution of the Incubation Periods of Human Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 723-729

  Virlogeux, Victor ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Tsang, Tim K ^a   Feng, Luzhao ^a   Fang, Vicky J ^a   Jiang, Hui ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Zheng, Jiandong ^a   Lau, Eric H Y ^a   Cao, Yu ^a   Qin, Ying ^a   Liao, Qiaohong ^a   Yu, Hongjie ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Incubation period; influenza; influenza A virus; influenza A(H7N9)

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A (H7N9); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H7N9); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H7N9 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84944259757     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv115     Document Type: Article

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